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User interface with inline customization

  • US 8,181,119 B1
  • Filed: 06/02/2004
  • Issued: 05/15/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/02/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • displaying, using one or more processing units, a collapsed window including one or more selected graphical elements and an expand control, wherein unselected graphical elements are incapable of being displayed in the collapsed window;

    receiving, using the one or more processing units, an activation of the expand control;

    changing, using the one or more processing units, the expand control into a collapse control in response to the activation of the expand control;

    expanding, using the one or more processing units, the collapsed window into an expanded window, wherein the expanded window includes the selected graphical elements and unselected graphical elements;

    displaying, using the one or more processing units, an interactive control associated with each selected graphical element and each unselected graphical element;

    receiving, using the one or more processing units, a selection of an interactive control associated with an unselected graphical element;

    receiving, using the one or more processing units, an activation of the collapse control;

    changing, using the one or more processing units, the collapse control into an expand control in response to the activation of the collapse control;

    changing, using the one or more processing units, the expanded window into a modified collapsed window, wherein the modified collapsed window includes each graphical element associated with a selected interactive control, and wherein graphical elements that are not associated with a selected interactive control are incapable of being displayed in the modified collapsed window; and

    displaying, using the one or more processing units, the modified collapsed window.

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